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Question

Windows 7 Processor and Video Card Problem?

May 18, 2017 10:42PM PDT

My Windows 7 Media Play won't play UHD videos.

At first I thought I found out the reason, and that is Windows 7 does not support UHD videos. I was looking to find a program to solve this.

Today I heard something different from my computer repair shop. I was told the problem was with my computer: the processor and the video card. I was told the processor is not capable of working on such big files. As with the video card problem, I did not recall what I was told - it was something I did not understand at the time.

I was told nothing can be done; no upgrades can be done. The only way to solve is to buy a Window 10.

I tried to play those videos with my Photoshop CS6. They did play but very choppy and was like slow motion. I wasn't even sure if some of the movements had been missing.

I will not opt to convert the videos to a lower resolution so I can play it. I especially need UHD resolution to view detailed colors of the videos so I can selectively make still images.

I do not know if there is anything at all that will help in order to avoid purchase two new computers. My Windows 7's work just fine if not for this problem.

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Uhd
May 19, 2017 1:38AM PDT
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I'll disagree.
May 19, 2017 7:12AM PDT

I had an Acer TER-600 and it would handle big for the day video work. Yes it would take 6 hours to render a Video DVD but it does work. You had to be patient.

Slow, choppy playback is either a slow PC (you need to tell more) or driver issues.

Try playback with VLC Player and tell what this PC is.

UHD is 4 times the data of HD so you'll need a 4 times better GPU in most cases.